“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling announced on her website that she is collaborating on a stage play for U.K. theater based on the world of young magician Harry Potter.

Rowling is a co-producer with Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender on a new play that will “explore the previously untold story of Harry’s early years as an orphan and outcast,” according to the statement on Rowling’s site. The play will not be written by Rowling, and writers are now being considered.

In the statement, Rowling said: “Over the years I have received countless approaches about turning Harry Potter into a theatrical production, but Sonia and Colin’s vision was the only one that really made sense to me, and which had the sensitivity, intensity and intimacy I thought appropriate for bringing Harry’s story to the stage. After a year in gestation it is exciting to see this project moving on to the next phase. I’d like to thank Warner Bros. for their continuing support in this project.”

In September, Rowling and Warner Bros. announced her plans to write a film series called “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” inspired by the Hogwarts school textbook used in “Harry Potter.”

Readers, what do you think of the new “Harry Potter” stage play? Who would you cast as Harry? What would you want to know about Harry’s early years? Leave your thoughts in the comments.